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Exact Cost of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Programs Not Known, GAO
Says
Disparities in accounting procedures used by various branches of
the U.S. nuclear weapons complex are preventing the United States
from pinpointing the exact total cost of maintaining its nuclear
deterrent and the arsenal's associated support system,
congressional investigators said in a report made public
Monday.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10582.pdf
The expense of operating and caring for weapons sites and related
support components probably "significantly" outstrips funds for the
work requested by the
Barack Obama administration for fiscal 2009, the Government
Accountability Office report states, citing responses provided to
congressional auditors by relevant facilities.
The National Nuclear Security Administration, a semiautonomous
Energy Department agency, receives roughly $6.4 billion each year
for maintaining and securing U.S. nuclear weapons, the document
notes. The administration has indicated it would seek $4.25 billion
in additional funding for the nuclear weapons activities between
the 2011 and 2015 fiscal years, writes Global Security
Newswire.
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